He’s a one of a kind – the first baby in Logan to be born in 2025, and the first in a new generation of people.
Generation Beta.
Nawab Singh Sidhu was born at 1.32 am on 1 January at Logan Hospital, to mum Harsimran Kaur and dad Vishesh Sidhu.
He weighed 3.1kg at 49cm long, and he was healthy.
His parents were thrilled.
“It was very thrilling,” Ms Kaur said.
“I wanted to have 2025 baby – my due date was 10 January and my mind was set.”
But Ms Kaur went into labour on 31 December, and her dream was almost crushed.
“At one point, I thought I wasn’t going to have a 2025 baby,” she said.
“But when it was around 11pm, then I realised maybe we would.
“I was saying ‘baby, please don’t come in 2024’.”
And he didn’t.
Ms Kaur said it was exciting that baby Nawab, meaning ‘prince’, was the first of a new generation.
Generation Beta will comprise of people born until 2039.
It succeeds Generation Alpha, which includes people born between 2010 and 2024; Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2009; Millennials or Generation Y, between 1980 and 1994; Generation X, between 1965 and 1979; Baby Boomers, between 1946 and 1964; and the Builders, born anytime before 1946.
Ms Kaur predicted her son’s life would be substantially different to hers, particularly considering she is a Millennial raised in India.
“I was born and brought up in India, and he is born and will be brought up in Australia, so of course it will be really different,” she said.
Ms Kaur and Mr Sidhu moved to Australia three years ago, and to Hillcrest in February last year.
She said they enjoy it here.
“I wanted to pursue my career here,” Ms Kaur, who studies nursing, said.
“… because I heard from so many people that nursing in Australia is really, really good.
“You get lots of exposure, so that was the reason I came here.”
Ms Kaur recently completed her final placements and is set to graduate this year.
Mr Sidhu is a truck driver.
“When we came to know we were having a baby, it was very overwhelming because we were just by ourselves here,” Ms Kaur said.
“There was no one else – we have been by ourselves the whole time.
“It was really overwhelming, but really exciting.”
Ms Kaur’s mother flew in from India in December to help her during the final stretch.
Other members of the family will be arriving next month.
